Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-25
THE RED BLUFF RE6IOn.
An hportant Mineral Belt Which ~
sires to Ship tn Orss . Buts
via liz Bate / BOSNIAN
short Line.
Now Plenty Of Fuel for Our Reduction
Work. Could Be Secured blythe
BuildiBg of the Proposed
Short Line.

RED RLurF, June 21.-(Special Core.
spondenee OF The Miner.1-THE MINER now
reaches our camp from away around the
Horn "a it were, over the Utah &Northern,
the Montana Union, Northern Pacific and
lately by the Boseman and Virginia Stage
Line which by this way is the most reliable
of any line mentioned in these days Of
spring rains and melting SHOWS. 1t is
rumored that u first class stage line will
socn be put on between Bozeman and
Butte by a OF Red Bluff and Poney.
which will give us better mail facilities with
the West side, and greatly facilitate travel.
And while the Butte and Bozeman Short
Line is building, the stage line viii not only
be a paying enterprise, but An absolute
necessity. We hear many railroad rumors
but the Butte and Bczeman Short Line
seems to US to be the most tangible and bust
nees like enterprise of any mentioned to ua
mining districts through which this short
line will pass, and knowing the ability Of
these districts to furnish
BUSINESS o THE ROAD,
and taking into consideration the fact that
Butte is now the great ore reducing point
of the Territory, having already immense
smelling plants in operation, with abund-
ant capital and mining men OF wealth.
nerve and experience to develop. increase
and improve it's already marvellous facili-
ties for the cheap reduction OF ores, and
this chain of districts being naturally and
directly tributary to Butte, We can see
where a vast local traffic would be secured
to the road al soon as in operation and
Butte become the great dumping ground
for all these ores. To be sure the road
would have q great coal traffic from the
coal fields of Bozeman. aud o that it
has been demonstrated beyond any ques-
ton thanks to the energy, foresight and
nerve of Gov Houser) that a good quality
of coke can be produced from the BoIeman
coal, the fuel question seems permanently
settled, and with the completion of the
Short Line will be forever solved. Why
Butte capitalists and mining men should
sit calmly by and see such a large per ceut
of their legitimate profits 60 up in smoke
is q problem that the average miner cannot
understand. Taking as a basis such sta
tisties as appear in the Butte papers from
time time we are led to believe that
THE ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF FUEL
in Butte and Anaconda would equal about
$50 tons OF coal per day which at the pres
emit cost, We believe So per ton, would
amount to 2 .19O, 900 per annum. The
sane coal could be delivered at Butte at an
cost OF So so per ton, divided thus:
One dollar and twenty-five cents per ton
for mining and loading or cars, lat which
price coal owners will o contract) IS
cents per ton profit and a traffic rate for
the road Of a trife over X cents per ton
per mile for the 118 miles of road from the
coal fields to Butte. The $500 tols of
annually would therefore cost from the
Bozeman fields $957.25 or 1892, $50
than Butte now pays for the same
Fuel, and as it is under sto ID hat the Bnze.
man & Butte Short Line will cost some
thing
LESS HAN nj L
It would seem to US that Butte is making a
rood deal of expensive smoke. The coal
nine owners will also have a bonanza, for
profit of seventy-ive cents on
ZACH ton of coal is about three
lines as much as the Pennsyl-
coal producers receive. The actual
:ost OF producing coke on the basis OF
actual cost Of mining and profit OF seventy
i've cents per ton on coal would be less
han five dollars per tor. Now we are in
in this matter to this extent. We
Ia We got plenty Of good ores that would
to move to Butte and pay us a very |
handsome profit if We can only ship them
~ rail.
WE PREFER TO AZ BUTTE
Butte has the facilities to handle
III kinds of ores, and there is also active
competition. Our ores are mostly gold, |
md would improve and enrich your silver
,ars. We shall continue to hope that
here is strong financial backing behind |
he Short Line and that it will be built
md appointed on a liberal basis. Young
OF the Washington district
'assed here to-day and reports important
in his district. Manager
'ohnston. of the Revenue mine. left last
7eek for Boston to close up the details OF
important mining sale. which includes
he Revenue mines of Richmond Flat.
BEDROCK.